
Landscapes
Collage series, 2022 ~ ...

After using ink wash for years, the new technique of collage allows me to bypass several limitations of that medium.
I work by selecting fragments of textures among different paintings and reassembling them, by addition or substraction, merging together or tearing apart, creating unexpected landscapes.
This technique not only transforms the composition and layout, but also the type of ink wash textures. I find I have more flexibility to experiment with new ways of controlling the ink, such as using the rice paper itself, which, when crumpled, can either imprint a pattern on the ink, or direct the flow of ink in its creases.
The landscapes are nearly abstract. I start each artwork without having a precise idea or what to paint, instead letting the landscape appear during the collage process. For example, during the composition of a previous artwork (Coral Reef), the way the paper fragments were arranged suddenly brought back memories of the East coast of Taiwan, in the early morning, when the sun rises above the waves crashing on the coral reef. I chose to develop the painting in that direction.

多年來使用水墨後,拼貼的新技術使我能夠克服該媒介的幾個限制。
我通過選擇不同繪畫中的紋理片段,重新組合它們,進行加法或減法,合併或撕裂,創造出意想不到的風景。這種技術不僅轉變了組成和佈局,還改變了水墨紋理的類型。我發現我有更多靈活性來嘗試控制墨水的新方法,比如使用稻草紙本身,當它被揉皺時,可以在墨水上印出圖案,或者在其皺痕中引導墨水的流動。
這些風景幾乎是抽象的。我在開始每幅作品時並沒有明確的想法或要繪畫的對象,而是在拼貼的過程中讓風景自然顯現。例如,在創作之前的一幅作品《珊瑚礁》中,紙張碎片的排列方式突然讓我回想起台灣東海岸的早晨,當太陽升起,海浪拍打在珊瑚礁上的情景。我選擇朝這個方向發展繪畫。



